re: Industry cries foul as river pilots use their clout

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Kevin Alario and Cory Heitmeier were relatively young and inexperienced, but those disadvantages were outweighed by their potential to add to the group's political clout in Baton Rouge, according to some of the pilots, who elect their own apprentices.

Alario is the son of state Rep. John Alario, D-Westwego, former speaker of the House, and Heitmeier is the son of state Sen. Francis Heitmeier, D-Algiers, a floor leader for Gov. Foster and chairman of a committee that handles pilot bills.

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LOL, that's amazing corruption right there. Straight up admit it "young and inexperienced".

And don't try and tell me a job is "physically hard" or " intellectually difficult" when all these guys have their sons and friends doing it. Because if they were, there'd be a lot fewer family and friends able to do it and they'd likely be having more incidents.

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2. Only a few can navigate the River with 850 foot long and 100 feet wide ships

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Far more can the they let in. Open it up to real competition and the salaries drop.